OSA a Focus at 27th Annual SLEEP Meeting

Sleep apnea will be a particular focus among the pulmonary medicine topics at the 27th annual SLEEP meeting here.

Of the more than 1,300 abstracts, the majority of respiratory sleep medicine research to be presented will address the consequences, treatment, and management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

One such study by Dennis Auckley, MD, of MetroHealth Medical Center at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio, and colleagues, showed that validated questionnaires offered reasonable positive predictive value but poor negative predictive value in hospitalized patients as a screen for sleep apnea.

Sleep May Ease Asthma in Teens (CME/CE)

A pilot sleep extension program for teens with asthma was associated with improved daytime lung function and fewer nighttime symptoms, researchers reported here.

Teens with asthma who got more sleep during an experimental sleep extension program had significantly fewer nocturnal asthma symptoms (P
=0.001) and less variability in objective daily lung function (P=0.05), according to Lisa Meltzer, MD, of the National Jewish Health Center in Denver, Colo., and colleagues.
Longer sleep among teens with asthma was also associated with moderate effects on executive functioning, Meltzer said during an oral presentation at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies meeting.